A high-stakes case playing out in federal court could lead to the end of the all-or-nothing pro sports TV packages that force fans to buy hundreds of live games from around the league instead of just those involving their favorite teams.

Just five years from reaching the NFL pinnacle as an All-Pro and Super Bowl champion, Darren Sharper is now likely headed for a lengthy prison sentence after reaching plea agreements in charges involving the drugging and sexual assault of at least nine women in four states, his lawyer said Friday.

“I have seen people become incredibly uncomfortable with the U of O cheerleading, and actually leave the basketball court at intermission because of the overt kind of sexual dancing, whatever you want to call it,” trustee Ginevra Ralph told the university’s board of trustees at a March 4 board meeting.

Three-time runner-up Aliy Zirkle surged to the lead of the Iditarod on Sunday, but Jeff King and Aaron Burmeister were about two hours behind with rested teams as mushers moved off the Yukon River and headed toward Alaska's west coast.